Perfect 24 hours Saalfelden Leogang

The mountains around Leogang-Saalfelden are an absolute hiking paradise! We would like to recommend you three beautiful routes that have given us a lot of pleasure:

1. Sunrise-hike to the Grießner Almen.

2. Easy hike to the hermitage – the way of silence.

3. Steep hike to the Peter-Wiechenthaler hut for sunset.

We start our hiking day before sunrise around 5 o’clock and make our way to the Grießner Almen followed by breakfast on the Tödlingalm (there are also guided tours, best way is to ask Kathi at Saalfelden-Leogang tourismus) – here’s the profile of the route. You can go by car directly to a trail parking lot and then make your way. Of course it is also great with the mountain bike or even better with the E-bike, which is much faster and then in the morning there is still time for breakfast and a round in the pool. We love the Naturhotel Forsthofgut. A family run and very child friendly hotel with a fantastic wellness area! The story goes back 400 years, started as a forestry business today an excellent hotel, led by Christina & Christoph Schmuck. From the 25 meter long pool you can see directly on the Leogang Steinberge. More about the hotel HERE.

On foot, it takes about an hour through the dense forest to the Tödlingalm, until a clearing opens up and the full mountain panorama can be seen for the first time. We are just arriving at the little chapel as the first sun beams illuminate the tree tops and rolling hills. We sit on the Tödlingsalm and enjoy the sunshine and warm up with a cup of coffee, before it goes back on the way.

We arrive at 9 o’clock in the Bio Hotel Rupertus, where we can enjoy a delicious breakfast. With a lot of love and care Nadja has consistently transformed BIO into a philosophy of life. The products come ALL from the region and together with the suppliers, they have always developed new products. Definitely try the goat cheese with fresh herbs, this is nowhere as good as here!

We enjoy the early afternoon with wellness at Hotel Puradies. The recently remodeled and newly opened hotel we find great – HERE you will find more impressions of it. The bar, the lounge with library and the great spa area are the highlights for us! Then we are drawn back to nature: this time to the lonely hermit on the hermitage. The hike is quite easy (HERE the hiking route in profile) – this is also feasible with kids, but not with a buggy though. At the beginning get your hiking gear at the “Steckensharing” (offered by the tourism region Saalfelden-Leogang): especially the way back is much easier with those wooden hiking sticks. The “Path of Silence” leads you up to a small white chapel with a small plateau from where you have a magnificent view over the valley. The hermit – a very open-minded and now no longer so lonely hermit with his dog welcomes us above. It is the last inhabited hermitage in Europe. Locals and visitors appreciate the hermitage as a place of rest and as a “resting place of the soul”. Even at sunset it is perfect here and above all, nice and quiet. Depending on the time, the Gasthof Hubertus is then highly recommended to eat. The in-house brewery has always new beers that want to be tasted.

For ambitious hikers or as a sportier we recommend the hike to the Peter-Wiechenthaler hut for sunset – HERE is the profile of the route with more information. The challenge is definately worth it! It took us about 2 1/2 hours to hike and we left at 16:00 for the sunset at the parking lot. At the top, the wind was a bit rougher and we enjoyed an excellent soup and heated up at the tile stove. As photo enthusiasts, we make some shots during the “blue hour” while the lights of Saalfelden Leogang begin to light up. Warmed up and tired it goes back downhill with the wooden sticks from the Steckensharing. We sink into our bed, dream deeply and look forward to the next day with mountain biking on the Asitz and wellness in the Hotel Forsthofgut, Hotel Puradies or Forsthofalm.